what is the point of point-min?

From:

Joe Corneli

Subject:

what is the point of point-min?

Date:

Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:40:30 -0500

Here is a handy rebinding of <delete> that I found on the web.
(global-set-key [delete]
(lambda () (interactive)
(if mark-active
(kill-region (point) (mark))
(delete-char 1))))
and here is an alternative suggestion with one small change that I do
not fully understand. Why would this be better?
(global-set-key [delete]
(lambda () (interactive)
(if mark-active
(kill-region (point) (mark))
(delete-char (point-min)))))